DC Video has restored a one-inch type C videotape that has not been widely seen in the United States for years. For the program: “Music in Monk Time”, the client supplied various source reels on 1” type C (NTSC and PAL) and on 3/4” U-matic for evaluation. After much analysis and cleanup, the “best of the best” video and audio created a new master file..
Music in Monk Time, a film produced by Paul Matthews and Stephen Rice, was considered by Los Angeles Times jazz critic, Leonard Feather, to be “surely the best jazz film in at least 25 years” in 1983. However, aside from premieres in Los Angeles and San Francisco, almost no one in the United States has seen it.
A detailed history of this program can be seen here::
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_in_Monk_Time
A trailer from the final delivered product can be seen here:
“Music in Monk” poster.
One of several shipping containers containing tape for “best source” evaluation for the creation of a new master program. This shipper and the tape had been to France and to Spain.
One source reel had mold buidlup that had to be removed.
This reel had mold buildup on the outer edge of the upper part of the pack. Most likely, this issue is from the tape having long-term exposure to moisture.